Coalition of trade groups oppose ban on implementing E15

In Washington, a coalition including Growth Energy, Advanced Ethanol Council, American Coalition for Ethanol,  National Corn Growers Association, National Farmers Union, National Sorghum Producers and the Renewable Fuels Association is opposing a series of amendments offered by Reps. John Sullivan, R-Okla., Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Michael Burgess, R-Texas, that would block the legal implementation of the Green Jobs Waiver for E15 approved after more than a year of extensive laboratory testing.

In the letter, the groups wrote, “…these amendments would inhibit new innovation to provide alternatives to foreign oil.  We are looking toward cutting-edge innovation to move to new ethanol feedstocks, like plant wastes, wood chips, and switchgrass. The Sullivan/Peters and Burgess amendments would solidify the status quo – a 90 percent mandate of our fuel supply from oil and would prevent American-made ethanol – a more affordable vehicle fuel than regular gasoline – from getting to consumers.”

Full text of the letter is available here.